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Retro Player

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gassasin 2016-08-28 20:27

Verry Chellenging and cool game! Maybe u should put this game on google play

mcmutton 2016-08-28 20:27

Nice gameplay concept... even though i saw myself pretty much avoiding the main mechanic pretty fast by placing the crosshair in the middle and moving the character around it.

But the "exploding" enemies kinda take care of that tactic as well.

Well done!

mat1er 2016-08-28 20:53

Really good!

rasmuserik 2016-08-28 21:01

Very good.

Really like the mechanics for steering the character.
I agree with gassasin, that it would be a nice game
to publish on google play and/or similar.

ulanda 2016-08-28 22:04

Very polished game, great art!

unknownevil 2016-08-29 00:11

Nice art, unique gameplay. Very hard, I like it.

quentinus60 2016-08-29 00:18

Good game !
time : 150
score : 14600 for the second try

matex-7seven 2016-08-29 00:51

Really cool, and hard gameplay ^^ The art looks great and the music is very nice. gj

kingethaniel 2016-08-29 00:59

Really interesting mechanic, I like the idea of not directly controlling your character in a fast paced action game! Also, really good art and sound.

crazyrems 2016-08-29 01:03

Really neat! It's simple and challenging at the same time.

minnouu 2016-08-29 01:14

Very nice music and art. Also really hard

masterkrepta 2016-08-29 01:48

Came because Vivian got my attention... stayed for the Awesome Art work and game play, I was raised by my game boy basically so this was excellent.,

zaretsu 2016-08-29 02:00

Your art work and animations are phenomenal, I am glad I've a touch screen, addictive play. Controls had me hooked. :)

ultrachessmaster 2016-08-29 02:05

dis gam is gud

xlipstudip 2016-08-29 02:23

ow i liked it

pokenoufl 2016-08-29 04:11

Loved it, music is great. I could see this turn into a full game if you were to set up stages. great job

killthealias 2016-08-29 04:23

This is probably one of the more interesting games I've played so far. The exclusive focus on mouse-based gameplay is really unique and makes what would otherwise be easy into a difficult challenge (in a fun way). Biggest complaint is the break from tone when the piano comes in, would have been better to have actual chiptune music.

spatanz 2016-08-29 04:25

Nice art work, quite challenging and the control is interesting.
Good job~!

rico-the-jammer 2016-08-29 05:25

I used the same strategy as @McMutton (put the crosshair in the middle, keep left click pressed, dodge everything) and could not die.

I am not too sure what you can do to avoid that though... trivializing winning strategy aside, it is very well done!

runedrake 2016-08-29 05:40

Looks easy, turns out to be quite challenging. Especially hard when using a trackpad.

On the second try I figured that the game is easier with the crosshair in the middle, and just moving the player around it. Although I notice that this has already been mentioned by "@Rico The Jammer" and @McMutton.

bogden 2016-08-29 06:18

Nice fundamentals. Interesting twist on a classic genre as well.

Only big gripe would be missing keyboard shortcuts for the abilities.

kevkevonfire 2016-08-29 06:23

Works nice, looks nice. Main complaint is that the controls are kind of awkward and put a big divide between this game and the theme, both its own and the game jams. Can't say I can think of any Gameboy games that used drag-and-drop as the primary control scheme.

qwaklak 2016-08-29 08:30

Greatfun http://screenshot.sh/mMhYjge0ey5Bm

alexv 2016-08-29 09:18

Looks nice. Not sure how I feel about the whole multitasking thing, I found myself just leaving the cursor in the middle of the screen and working with that.
Maybe this could be a debuff, losing control over one of the two

g_o 2016-08-29 09:26

Pretty nice but goddammit it's hard!

kassimkot 2016-08-29 09:51

nice. loving the concept. love the design. love the title screen. you always seem to bring back nostalgia in your games. an element which i love very much.

awesome game, man

terrabalt 2016-08-29 10:12

Wow, not only you emulated the graphics and feeling of the old consoles, you emulated the hardness of those games as well! good job!

samuelsousa 2016-08-29 11:39

I can't drag both at the same time :) Very neat!
Had to loose the first time to play. Lovely art.
Things can get very hard which keeps you on your toes...

Google Play definitely.

tomer_cool 2016-08-29 12:10

Nice game, good graphics, so retro.

onyon 2016-08-29 12:19

Nice graphics, love the retro vibe and the difficulty.

facelesstheone 2016-08-29 13:22

Oh my, brilliant gameplay idea! =))) It's not just an ancient pixelart, it's the most ancient controls possible =))) It's older than videogames, so we never used them actually.

c4m 2016-08-29 13:59

I really loved the art style!
congrats!

fixedgerald 2016-08-29 14:42

Neat concept, cool graphics.

peterthehe 2016-08-29 15:16

Really fun and super retro. It reminds me of my old VTech toy laptop with a game just like this - except for it was supposed to teach maths instead! Great work!

jakatpemadi 2016-08-29 15:28

Good gameplay, cool graphic, great game... Nice, thank you... =D

oskardevelopment 2016-08-29 15:37

Nice graphics and a cool idea, was a tad hard to keep both the character and the aim active!

Was a tad extra hard with the web as the web started to jump around if clicked in the wrong place.

Good luck! :)

klegacy 2016-08-29 16:04

Graphics were great, The concept was very interesting as well, good job.

rhythmlynx 2016-08-29 16:50

Had a lot of lag on this for some reason, made the difficult control scheme really clunky. Interesting concept though, I think it might work better on a touchscreen than with a mouse

edve98 2016-08-29 18:15

Wow, awesome visuals! I find this game very hard, I wonder if it's easier on mobile (can you move crosshair/player at the same time?).

jd557 2016-08-29 18:37

Nice visuals. I didn't like the controls, but I guess that's because I'm playing with a touchpad. It probably works better in mobile.

mrbrenan 2016-08-29 21:21

Nice, simple and cool.
This should be better on smarthphone to controll the player and the aim at the same time.

wrexialmt 2016-08-29 21:33

Looks and sounds good, The mechanics are cool and rather unforgiving. I found myself just dropping the aim in the middle of the room and just dodging enemies and projectiles though since its quite impossible to manage both at the same time.

thelaw 2016-08-29 21:53

Cool GB Classic design, but game is damn hard.

ghen 2016-08-29 22:06

i love the art, get vibe of original gameboy from it, anyway, the control a bit hard, that drag player and the cursor with only 1 control
very fun and challenging

hawkinslance 2016-08-29 22:47

I had a lot of fun playing this game! Challenging and simple. I love the challenge it provides do you want to aim or do you want to move? The visuals are great too!

dragonzbw 2016-08-29 22:53

Super hard but good

2016-08-29 23:16

interesting control scheme, nice retro design, pretty hard

mrfield 2016-08-29 23:50

I suck nuts at it, but it's pretty damn addicting.

The controls make such a simple concept incredibly challenging and fun. And the art is super cute.

marekkpie 2016-08-30 00:52

Amazing artwork and overall execution. The controls are a bit tough for a mousepad. Could have done without the gamergate reference, though. :(

kadealicious 2016-08-30 02:03

Cool game, although I would have preferred a zelda-esq movement style.

phocker 2016-08-30 02:08

Cool Game, but the controls were tough. Nice Artwork.

avalanche-games 2016-08-30 02:10

Controls were different to what i'm used to but it made things interesting.

Looks and sounds great too!

leialus 2016-08-30 03:34

cool Game, so dificult, but cool.

nichii 2016-08-30 08:17

This is really good, Kudos for including Vivian James. The art and retro feel really works out. The controls were very innovative and I liked that. The only cons I can say about this game is the steep learning curve and how the game throws everything at you in less than a minute. Also the movement click is sometimes hard to click on due to its small size. Anyway, good job and good luck on future games.

2016-08-30 08:18

Hi, nice game and congratulations ! Simple mechanics that still offered a decent amount of challenge.We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #36. We made the same thing at the previous jam.

Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description. (you can already find several games from the jam there)

skorpyo 2016-08-30 08:53

Very nice idea to use only mouse for movement and aim control, it gives some chalange. I like that kind of games :)

johanw123 2016-08-30 11:24

awesome, looks really good.

johnbjuice 2016-08-30 14:31

Music glitch - the piano part played over itself until it got super loud and painful! Seems like a bug where the game keeps playing the file even though it is already playing.

The controls are interesting and difficult - I found myself just moving the shooting crosshair every once in a while and mostly focusing on moving the character.

Not a fan of the GG reference, gross.

Art style is consistent and good otherwise.

Solid game.

aroscillo 2016-08-30 18:04

I like the black and white artwork. For a minute my character just stood there and wouldn't move. I think this is one of the more solid games I've played though and its actually about Ancient Technology

cyberstarlight 2016-08-30 18:36

Well made, the graphics are nice, and the controls are interesting.

sun-wukong 2016-08-31 00:49

Ughh. Looks nice, but controlling two objects with single device that cannot be in two places at one given time is terrible idea from my point of view.

shimage 2016-08-31 02:41

My score was time:120 score:12100. I enjoyed it!
I want to move the character and an aim at the sametime. But that feeling was fresh and fun. The slime avoiding my bullet is so wise. Good!

publicidadeba 2016-08-31 03:45

people are loving this game. I like how the navigation and shooting works, nothing have seem. Asthetics are really good, well done!

wilsk 2016-08-31 12:01

Interesting idea for a control scheme, definitely not the type of game something I'm good at! Thanks for the fun times.

ocarson 2016-08-31 12:54

Cool game, i like the tough girl, she is cool, I think this is very gameboy, would be interesting to have a gameboy control scheme, or, indeed, if it was made in something like GBDK for actual hardware.
The actual gameplay was an good concept, feels very experimental, I like experimental! Visuals are fantastic in my opinion.
I didn't get far enough to see a boss, but I did have a good time with it, good job overall.

justinooncx 2016-08-31 13:23

@ocarson Currently, if you want to see the boss, you'll have to go to the post-jam link. The game that's embedded right now is version 1.0, so that people will see what I came up with in 48 hours without the improvements afterwards. Just to make things fair. Thanks for playing, though!

ocarson 2016-08-31 13:29

No worries! My pleasure!

nardelli 2016-08-31 22:01

Nostalgia! :D
Really nice art, and challenge! Congratulations. I let the aim in the center and moved only the girl, but I lost anyway. The AI is pretty well!

Success!

tommyboys0107 2016-09-01 10:20

Polished game is always good to play :)

strike 2016-09-01 14:26

That's a very polished game and I love the Game Boy aspect. Now I'm going to play the post jam version to get more immersed thanks to the 8-bit music ;) Very challenging gameplay and very refreshing. I never played something like that before. When reading the instructions it felt weird at first, but it works pretty well. It feels like managing 2 characters at the same time in a way, which is what makes it pretty interesting to play. I'm wondering if having gameboy-type controls would make it feel more like a retro game. I'm not sure if it would make it easier to play as well. Maybe something like d-pad to move the character, and d-pad while holding a button to move the cross hair.

My only regret is that is typically a scoring game, and I don't see any score. I was about to ask you what was your high score so there was some challenge there, some kind of goal. Or maybe a timer to compare how long people survive. Or maybe both :D This would add much more value to the game. I would play it a lot to try to by my own record (or other people's one ;) )

And thanks to keep working on your game. I'll follow this page to see if you release new versions. Now it's time to try v1.2 !

strike 2016-09-01 14:29

Wow ! The boss is insane ! \o/

justinooncx 2016-09-01 16:07

@Strike Thanks for the feedback! There were a few limitations that I had to adhere to when making this game:

a) Mouse controls were a must. As much as I wanted to have a proper Game Boy control layout, it would be rather unplayable on mobile. And having onscreen buttons and joysticks are tacky as hell.

b) Low resolution. To keep to the retro feel, I had to sacrifice space, which made fitting in the UI pretty hard. I decided to leave the score at the end after all it's done. As for a leaderboard thing, well, that was kinda tricky as well.

Again, thanks for playing!

plonkydonkey 2016-09-02 15:54

interesting game, very nice art style. found the control scheme a little weird to get used to.

deive_ex 2016-09-04 17:23

Oh, I really liked the game! The pixel art is pretty nice and the gameplay is interesting and challenging.

frump 2016-09-05 06:50

Cool game, pretty unique control scheme. I liked it.

It ran much better in Firefox. I had some glitches with the music in chrome.

jupiter_hadley 2016-09-06 19:29

Super challenging game! I included it in my compilation video series of Ludum Dare 36, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/lT_5Gj1NQIo

chocobyte 2016-09-07 10:48

8-Bit yeah! Great work, very polished. The 8-bit music in the post jam version adds to its charm even more :)

pyokoanarogue 2016-09-08 21:07

Very nice. but hard on the wrist.